Yeast transformation efficiency is enhanced by TORC1- and eisosome-dependent signaling

Sheng-Chun Yu1, Florian Kuemmel1, Maria-Nefeli Skoufou-Papoutsaki1

  • 1Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Microbiologyopen
|October 13, 2018
PubMed
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